The Koran

The Koran is the sacred book of Islam. The title is Arabic, and is often spelled "Qur'an" instead, or some other transliteration.

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Bibliographic Notes

In traditional Islam, the Koran exists only in Arabic. Translations are explanations of the Koran's meaning that many Muslims consider distinct from the Koran itself. For convenience, however, we include translations as well as Arabic Korans on this page.

Online Editions and Versions

• The Holy Qur-án: Containing the Arabic Text With English Translation and Commentary (Woking, England: The "Islamic Review" Office, 1917), ed. by Muhammad Ali (PDF with commentary at ahmadiyya.org)
• The Alcoran of Mahomet, Translated Out of Arabique into French (earliest known English translation of the Koran, from Du Ryer's French; with a life of Mohammed, and a closing essay by Ross; 1649), trans. by André Du Ryer, contrib. by Alexander Ross (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Qur'ân (English text only; no notes), trans. by Edward Henry Palmer (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Qur'an (English text with introduction and notes; Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1880), trans. by Edward Henry Palmer
  • Part I: HTML at sacred-texts.com
  • Part II: HTML at sacred-texts.com
• The Koran (1909), trans. by J. M. Rodwell, contrib. by G. Margoliouth (Gutenberg text)
• The Koran, Commonly Called the Alkoran of Mohammed (translated with notes and commentary), ed. by George Sale (Gutenberg text)
• The Koran, trans. by M. H. Shakir (HTML at Michigan)
• The Qur'an (in many languages and translations, with commentary) (multiple formats at islamicity.org)
• The Koran, Commonly Called the Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English Immediately From the Original Arabic: With Explanatory Notes, Taken From the Most Approved Commentators, To Which is Prefaced a Preliminary Discourse (London: Printed by C. Ackers for J. Wilcox, 1734), ed. by George Sale (page images at CMU)
• Der Koran: Aus dem Arabischen ins Hebraische Ubersetzt uns Erlautert (translation of the Koran into Hebrew; also has a Hebrwe title page; Leipzig: W. Gerhard, 1857), ed. by Hermann Reckendorf (page images at HathiTrust)
• Qur'an (18th century illuminated manuscript, in Arabic), contrib. by Ahmad Rashi Safi, illust. by Ibrahim Ad'ham Gharbaldah Balawi (page images with commentary at wdl.org)

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